Business Is Business

Friday the twenty-fifth of July, twenty thirty-one, Porto Alegre. At ten, Gilmar's table, where the tea goes round first and a contract is read out loud, two copies, one for each party, initials on twelve pages, the clause about the deadline read twice, two signatures and a handshake, and then a present from the man who taught Daniel when to say thank you. At three, his wife lands, her first time in the South, and is called a girl by a man who gets away with it. At six, a hotel room with no cot, and a message from Rio in which a grandmother changes a bedtime. Say "two copies, one copy for each party", "initial every page", "as agreed, the contract comes into force in August", "clause five, the deadline", "so that you never say thank you too early again", "business is business, but a friend is a friend" and "a rule is a rule, but a grandmother is a grandmother".

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Friday the twenty-fifth of July, twenty thirty-one, ten in the morning, Gilmar's office in Porto Alegre. On the table, the gourd, the straw, the thermos, and two copies of a contract, twelve pages each. Daniel flew down last night, and this time he knows what thank you means here. At three, arrivals, with flowers. At six, a hotel room with one bed and no cot, and a message from Rio. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

In this lesson, you’ll learn to

Sign a contract in Portuguese, "two copies, one copy for each party", "initial every page", "here, a contract is read out loud" and "clause five, the deadline, three months from the signing"
Read a clause, "as agreed, the contract comes into force in August", and shake on it
Take a present without losing your turn, "this is yours, a gourd and a straw", "so that you never say thank you too early again" and "business is business, but a friend is a friend"
Say "my first time in the South, and I'm already freezing", "you and me in a hotel room" and "a rule is a rule, but a grandmother is a grandmother"

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uma viaOO-mah VEE-aha copy, of a document, word for word a way

cada parteKAH-dah PAR-tcheeeach party, to a contract

Duas vias. Uma via para cada parte.DOO-ahs VEE-ahs. OO-mah VEE-ah PAH-rah KAH-dah PAR-tcheeTwo copies. One copy for each party.

rubricarhoo-bree-KARto initial, to put your initials on a page

Rubrica todas as páginas, guri.hoo-BREE-kah TOH-dahs ahs PAH-zhee-nahs, goo-REEInitial every page, boy.

em voz altaayng voys AHL-tahout loud, word for word in high voice

a cláusulaah KLOW-zoo-laha clause

conforme acordadokohn-FOR-mee ah-kor-DAH-dooas agreed, in a contract

entra em vigorAYN-trah ayng vee-GORcomes into force, word for word enters into vigour

Conforme acordado, o contrato entra em vigor em agosto.kohn-FOR-mee ah-kor-DAH-doo, oo kohn-TRAH-too AYN-trah ayng vee-GOR ayng ah-GOHS-tooAs agreed, the contract comes into force in August.

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